Cardinal men remain tied for 2nd seed
RANGELY, Colo. - Antoine Hosley led a balanced North Idaho College scoring attack as the Cardinals defeated the Colorado Northwestern Spartans 69-46 in a Scenic West Athletic Conference men's basketball game on Friday night.
With the win, NIC (22-7, 8-6 SWAC) remains in a three-way tie for second place with today's game at Utah State-Eastern Utah to determine seeding into next week's Region 18 tournament in Salt Lake City.
Snow (22-7, 9-5) hosts Salt Lake (20-7, 8-6) today.
With wins by Snow and NIC today, the Badgers will be the No. 2 seed and play third-seeded NIC on Thursday. If Salt Lake wins, Snow drops to No. 4 with an NIC win.
"This was huge for us tonight," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "We're still fighting for that first-round bye, and this was a big part of what we needed to do and take that step forward. We've been defending well for the past month and tonight - we felt like we put it all together."
Freshman Kaj Sherman added 10 points for NIC.
Colorado Northwestern falls to 6-21, 1-13.
NORTH IDAHO
Antoine Hosley 3-11 8-8 14, Keon Lewis 3-6 0-0 6, Edrico McGregor 2-4 5-8 9, Petar Joksimovic 2-3 0-0 6, Kaj Sherman 2-3 6-8 10, Jordan McCloud 3-5 0-0 7, Connor White 2-3 2-2 8, Kwame Bates 0-0 0-0 0, Casey Ward 1-1 0-0 2, Michael Middlebrooks 2-4 1-2 5, Joel Underdahl 0-0 0-2 0, Tyrell Lewis 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 21-42 22-30 69.
COLORADO NORTHWESTERN
Tali Tapisoua 1-4 0-0 2, Thomas Powers 2-8 1-2 7, Garrett Wilkins 2-7 0-0 5, Riley Parish 2-10 2-2 6, Khalid Smith 2-5 0-0 4, Yai Ajak 3-5 0-0 6, Cavel Clagget 3-6 0-2 6, Nathan Terrin 1-4 2-2 5, Bryer Trussell 1-5 0-0 3, Michale Willie 0-4 2-3 2. Totals 17-58 7-11 46.
Halftime - NIC 28-20. 3-point goals - NIC 5-12 (Hosley 0-3, K. Lewis 0-2, Joksimovic 2-3, McCloud 1-1, White 2-3), CNCC 5-18 (Tapisoua 0-2, Powers 2-6, Wilkins 1-2, Parish 0-1, Smith 0-1, Clagget 0-1, Terrin 1-2, Trussell 1-3). Rebounds - NIC 30 (Joksimovic, Middlebrooks 5), CNCC 23 (Parish, Smith 4). Assists - NIC 3 (K. Lewis 2), CNCC 5 (Willie 2). Team fouls - NIC 11, CNCC 20. Fouled out - none.
* WOMEN
North Idaho 78
Colorado NW 52
RANGELY, Colo. - Freshman Angela Woods scored 18 points, including 3 of 4 from beyond the 3-point line off the bench, as the seventh-ranked Cardinals beat the Spartans in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game.
"We really shot the ball well from behind the arc," said NIC coach Chris Carlson, whose team made 10 of 15 from the 3-point line. "Our outside shooting definitely helped give us an edge."
NIC (23-4, 12-2) finishes the regular season at Utah State-Eastern Utah today.
Utah State-Eastern Utah (15-14, 7-7) beat Southern Idaho 59-56 in other action on Friday, setting up a three-way tie for third in the conference entering the final day today. Snow (14-12, 9-5) clinched the No. 2 seed to the Region 18 tournament in Salt Lake City last Saturday following CSI's (15-14, 7-7) loss to NIC.
Salt Lake travels to Snow today, while CSI concludes at Colorado Northwestern (10-19, 0-14), which will be the No. 6 seed at regionals, starting Thursday.
NORTH IDAHO
Katie Buskey 3-7 3-5 11, Korina Baker 5-8 4-5 16, Aimee Durbidge 1-3 0-1 2, Julia Salmio 3-11 2-2 10, Danika Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Angela Woods 6-7 3-3 18, Tori Davenport 3-4 0-1 7, Hailey Petit 0-0 0-0 0, Dani Kastrava 1-2 0-0 2, Mollie Kramer 1-3 0-0 2, Hannah Love 3-4 1-2 7, Ashleigh Kelman-Poto 0-6 3-3 3. Totals 26-57 16-22 78.
COLORADO NORTHWESTERN
Jaynelle Johnson 0-6 2-2 2, Jasmine Ransom 2-7 2-7 7, Desiree Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Michelle Blanton 5-8 5-6 15, Jahnette Epperson 3-3 2-3 8, Belen Garcia-Sague 1-2 1-2 4, Breona Kerrick 1-1 0-0 2, Jessica Madsen 5-11 1-3 11, Darian Page 1-2 1-2 3, Brenyatta Young 0-1 0-0 0, Jamie Bair 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 18-42 15-27 52.
Halftime - NIC 45-27. 3-point goals - NIC 10-15 (Buskey 2-2, Baker 2-4, Salmio 2-3, Woods 3-4, Davenport 1-1, Love 0-1), CNCC 1-10 (Johnson 0-5, Ransom 0-3, Garcia-Sague 1-1, Madsen 0-1). Rebounds - NIC 35 (Love 8), CNCC 22 (Madsen 5). Assists - NIC 3 (Buskey, Davenport, Love 1), CNCC 4 (Ransom 3). Team fouls - NIC 24, CNCC 19. Fouled out - Johnson.
* SOFTBALL
Southern Idaho 13
N. Idaho College 5
TWIN FALLS - Former Lakeland High standout Alyana Watson went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and scored twice as the Golden Eagles beat the Cardinals in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game.
Brianna Bishop hit two home runs and drove in three runs for NIC (12-18, 10-11 SWAC). KaSara Wise also homered for NIC.
Nikki Brailsford hit two home runs and drove in five for CSI (19-9, 11-4).
Due to inclement weather, the series will conclude with a tripleheader starting today at 10 a.m. (PST).
North Idaho 111 20 - 5 7 5
Southern Idaho 028 03 - 13 12 1
Bases loaded with nobody out when game ended due to weather
Emily Perlich, Danielle Hockett (3), Jenifer Rosie (5) and Shelby Carter; Jyl Eckstein, Jessi Duncan (3) and Kelsie Webster.
HITS: NIC - Wise, B. Bishop 3, Meyers, Moon, Schmerer. CSI - Wilkinson, Watson 2, Hopson 2, Ferguson, Hogue 2, Brailsford 2, Eckstein, Duncan, Stacey. 2B - Bishop, Meyers, Watson, Hopson, Hogue. HR - Wise, Bishop 2, Moon, Brailsford 2, Eckstein, Duncan.